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Definition of sauce in US English:

sauce

noun

1Thick liquid served with food, usually savory dishes, to add moistness and flavor.

‘tomato sauce’

‘the cubes can be added to soups and sauces’

‘Chopped raw garlic lends an assertive flavor to vinaigrettes, salsas, and other sauces such as aioli.’

‘A short stroll through the aisles of the average food hall reveals a bewildering variety of mustards, relishes, sauces, pickles and assorted creams, pastes, chutneys, jellies and condiments from all over the world.’

‘No longer could the shortcomings of a meal be disguised with sauces: nouvelle cuisine required wonderfully fresh ingredients and a great deal of culinary skill.’

‘A roast sweetbread was sauced with a Madeira and truffle mix of improbable delicacy.’

‘Early the next morning, the dough is sauced, cheese is added, and it is baked for 15 to 20 minutes at 430 degrees in a revolving shelf oven.’

‘Both berkukes and kuskusu may be steamed over water rather than stew, in which case they are usually sauced with milk or yoghurt.’

‘Finally, we tried the Chicken Kushiyaki, tender chunks of chicken skewered, sauced in teriyaki and grilled.’

‘So he seared the fish lightly, sauced it, and returned it to her.’

‘Add enough garlic cream to flavour the mash, remembering to keep some back for saucing at the end.’

‘Crunchy, pale, looking like a cross between retractable antennae and geometric Aztec art, they're sauced with chili oil, ginger, garlic, and fresh slices of scallion, and have all the crunchy appeal of summertime picnic food.’

‘An unusually light tete de veau is sauced with an unusually well-gauged sauce greibish - a standard dish, of course, but rendered with expertise.’

‘The pan-seared mahi-mahi was placed on a bed of endive and topped with the bananas, then was sauced with the orange citrus sauce and garnished with crushed macadamia nuts and cucumber sticks.’

1.1Make more interesting and exciting.

2informal Be rude or impudent to (someone).

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus ‘salted’, past participle of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’. Compare with salad.